Accolades
According to Billboard Magazine, "The Twist" held the honor of being the number-one song on its "Hot 100 50th Anniversary" list of "The Billboard: All-Time Hot 100 Top Songs" in the first 50 years of the Hot 100 chart.
The song is ranked number 451 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Jim Dawson wrote a 1995 book about the song and the Twist phenomenon called The Twist: The Story of the Song and Dance That Changed the World for Faber & Faber ISBN 978-0-571-19852-8.
The song is featured on the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack released May 1, 2007, and was featured in the "Miss 1959" pageant in the third episode of the TV series Magic City screened in April 2012.
The song has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress on March 21, 2013 for long-term preservation.
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